A resident of Vyksa lost 890,000 rubles after transferring them to a "safe account".

A resident of Vyksa lost 890,000 rubles after transferring them to a "safe account".

      January 3, 2026, 16:11 — Incidents

      A resident of Vyksa fell victim to telephone scammers and transferred a large sum of money to a so-called "safe account" following their instructions.

      A 26-year-old man filed a report with the police alleging fraud. According to him, over several days he received calls from different numbers. The callers claimed that his account on the "Gosuslugi" portal had been hacked. Under the pretext of protecting his savings, the perpetrators convinced him to transfer money to an allegedly secure account. The victim followed all the instructions and subsequently lost 890,000 rubles.

      The press service of the regional branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that a criminal case has been opened under Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"). The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for up to six years.

      Earlier it was reported that scammers deceived a teenager from Arzamas by pretending to cancel a bank transaction.

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A resident of Vyksa lost 890,000 rubles after transferring them to a "safe account".